Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-27
GRANT -BERKE.
A wedding Party on the snAii
last Night.

The elegant residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs +. II. Berke, on the corner of
Bunker Hill avenue and Second
street, was the scene OF very pleas
ant party last night. The occasion
was the marriage Of Miss Emma,
daughter of the host and hostess, to
Mr.. John Grant, one of the well
known and most respected young con-
tractors Of Los Angeles.
The house had been beautifully
decorat ed with rare plants and beau-
tiful flowers by the fair sisters of the
bride, assisted by host of their
charming young lady friends. Before
the hour set for the ceremony great
many friends of both the young peo-
pie had assembled, until the spacious
parlors wore filled with guests.
At half past seven o'clock Rev. DIR.
Fay took his position near the front
window in the front parlor, and di-
rectly under beautiful wedding bell
of flowers. He was fully equipped
with book, A moment later the
happy young couple appeared to be
made man and wife. The bride, who
is a very pronounced type of the
blonde, looked very beautiful in rich
dress OF light tint of blue silk, trim
med with choice lace, and her head
crowned with q wreath OF real orange
blossoms.
Soon after the simple but Impress
i've ceremony was concluded, the
party adjourned for an hour to the
dinning room, where q pair OF long
tables were crowded to their every
inch of space with an elegant repast.
With such tempting spread and
the kind attentions of Mrs. Berke and
her quartet OF daughters, it was i'm
possible not to do ample justice to the
delicious supper prepared in honor OF
the interesting event. And when the
collation. had been thoroughly dis
cussed, the party returned to the
parlor, where several hours were
passed in music, both instrumental
and vocal.
The bride had not been forgotten by
her many friends in this city, as will
be apparent by the following partial
list Of presents taken from Il table
which was filled to crowding with rare
and beautiful articles of various sorts.
There was Il beautiful jewel case, the
gift of Mr.. and Mrs. }. A. Hunter; a
card case of solid silver and elegant
design. presented by Mrs. IL. Bennett; /;
an exquisite vase and Ornamented
Jewel receiver from Mrs. Carter;
u pickle and general set of cas-
tors, the gifts of Mr.. Alexander Grant; !;
the groom's brother. There was Il
teaset-China-which the ladies all
said was a love ,, of an affair from
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Henderson and
there was a charming tete-a-tete set,
in China also, from Mr.. and Mrs. John
Spiers; and for the newly married
couple to enjoy their tea from, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Pengrift presented a very
elegant silver teapot, sugar bowl and
milk pitcher. The Kerchkotf- Cuz-
ner Lumber and Mill Company
was represented in superb silver
water pitcher. Miss May Ingalls, pre-
sented prettily trimmed waste bas-
ket; Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Lille a silver
butter dish Mr.. James Smith u beau
tifully bound album; Miss Bessie II.
Ward Il charming little Japanese has
ket, prettily decorated. Mr.. Joe Hei-
mann had an eve to future comforts
in the gift OF liqueur set of very choice
design. Mr.. Harry Brown remem-
bered his young friends in an exqui-
site basket OF flowers, and the Misses
Belle and Mamie Smith in a.charming
tidy beautifully designed and orna-
mented.
The young couple leave here this
morning for bridal tour OF some
length in San Francisco and other
parts of the State, after which they
will return here and make Los Ange-
les their home. Mr.. and Mrs. Berke
are comparatively new arrivals here,
having come from Fairbault, Mime
sofa, some three years ago, and built
a beautiful home ON the choicest part
Of the hill, 1t was great pleasure to
see the brides father so far recovered
from his recent attack of severe illness
as to be able to be present during the
entire evening.